Walter Bagehot: “Till the House of Lords met, the dukes were not only the greatest, but immeasurably the greatest.”

And again, in political matters, how quickly a leading statesman can change the tone of the community!

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

They are solely concerned with his attractiveness as a candidate; they need not regard his efficiency as a ruler.

But the Jewish advantage never did so; beginning in religion, contrary to a thousand analogies, it remained religious.